User Manual

SONGS
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The standard Edit commands (Cut, Copy, Paste,
Erase, and Undo) and dragging operations can be
used on Chunks in the Song window.
Marker Strip: Displays the Markers associated with
the open song. Every marker in a song
automatically produces a column at the same time
location in the Song window.
Time Ruler: Indicates the position of each Chunk
in any combination of measure|beat|tick, real, and
SMPTE time formats. The Ruler is non-linear,
meaning the ruler markings denote Chunk Start
and End times rather than regular time units.
Choose which time formats are displayed using the
Song window mini-menu selections Measures, Real
time, and Frames.
Song name: Displays the name of the song to which
the window belongs. The song name can be
changed by Option/Alt-clicking it in the Chunks
window.
Record-enabled Chunk: Displays a record-enable
button in its handle, indicating that if the Song is
play-enabled and the Record button is pressed, it
will begin to record data at its start time. Only
sequence Chunks can be record-enabled.
Column: Serves as a placement guide for Chunks.
Columns appear automatically at the end of each
Chunk, and can be inserted manually by choosing
Insert from the Song window mini-menu.
Selected Chunk: Appears inverted to indicate that
it has been selected. Selected Chunks are subject to
Edit commands as well as several Song window
mini-menu commands.
The Song Window Mini-menu
The Song window has the following mini-menu
items:
Copy Conductor Tracks: Copies the Conductor
tracks of the selected Chunks into the song’s
Conductor track. In time regions where two or
more Chunks are selected, the information from
the uppermost Chunk is used. Markers are not
included in the copy; use the Merge markers
command to copy Chunk markers into a song.
Edit Conductor Track: Opens a Graphic or Event
List editing window of the song’s Conductor track.
Record-enable Conductor: Enables the Conductor
track of the song for recording Tap Tempo
information.
Insert Column: Produces a dialog box prompting
for a measure, real, or SMPTE time at which to
insert a new column.
Set Record Sequence: Enables or disables the
selected sequence for recording within the song.
Only one sequence can be record-enabled at a
time. Choosing this item with more than one
Chunk selected, or with a Song selected, produces
a warning message.
Merge Markers: Merges the markers of all selected
Chunks into the song’s marker list.
Delete Markers: Deletes from the song’s marker list
any markers that are identical to markers in the
selected Chunks.
Merge Chunks to Sequence: Produces the Merge
Chunks dialog box, which contains the following
options:
■ Copy all tracks creates a sequence containing all
tracks of the selected Chunks, and places this new
sequence in the Chunks window.